Pepsi Seeks Changes to Combat
Coke's Lock on Soda Fountains

Pepsi-Cola Co., in an attempt to break Coca-Cola Co.'s dominance in the U.S. soda-fountain business, wants its bottlers to make significant changes in their contracts with Pepsi.

Senior managers of Pepsi-Cola, a division of PepsiCo Inc., have been discussing the matter with bottling-company executives at Pepsi's annual bottlers' conference in New Orleans, which concludes Thursday.